Bracket.



No. 636,034. Patehted Oct. 3|, I899. c. P. GEUDTNER. BRACKET.

(Applicahon filed Apr. 12, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 636,034, dated October31, 1899.

Application filed April 12, 1399. Serial No. 712,744. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES P. GEUDTNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Bracket-s, of which thefollowing is a specification.

Myinvention relates to an improvementin the class of adjustablewall-brackets for carrying lamps and other lighting means and for otherpurposes; and my object is to provide more particularly for use insurgical work a novel construction of such a bracket whereby it shall beadapted to be conveniently adj usted in various directions to bring alight into any desired position.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows my improvedbracket in operative position by a view in side elevation. Fig. 2 is anenlarged section taken at the line 2 on Fig. 1, showing the preferredconstruction of a lamp-holding-clamp detail; Fig. 3, a section taken atthe line 3 on Fig. l viewed in the direction of the arrow and enlarged,and Fig. 4 a view in front elevation of the lamp-holding-clamp detailwith the springjaws removed.

A is a vertically-supported spindle journaled at its opposite ends toadapt it to be rotated in rigid bearings aa', extending from a wall W orthe like. Rods B 13, carrying at their respective ends heads I) b,extend from opposite sides of the transverse center of the spindle A, towhich they are pivotally fastened, as by screws 0. At their heads 1)these rods are pivotally fastened, as by screws c, to a sleeve C on avertical rod 0', carrying near its opposite ends bearings d d, on whichis pivotally mounted one end of a lazy-tongs D, affording thelongitudinallyextensible and folding or contractible section ofn1yimproved bracket. On the free end of the lazytongs D is supported thelight, shown as a gas-lamp E, fed through a hose f, coupled at one endwith the gas-pipe g of the lamp and at its opposite end with thevalve-controlled gas-pipe e, projecting from the wall W. As thepreferred means for supporting the lamp E on the bracket-section D, Iprovide a head F in the form of an endlessvertically-extendinglinkfastened atone of its sidebars,through themedium of lugs 72 to the ends of the terminal bars of the lazy-tongs andcarrying on its other side bar a lamp-holding-clamp device G of thefollowing-described construction.

A sleeve 2', having a transverse slot z" and lugs i projecting from itat opposite sides of the slot, surrounds the outer bar of the link F andis adj ustably secured thereon at any position to which it may be raisedor lowered by jaws 11 11 on handles 71 i confining a spring i betweenthem, and fulcru med on the lugs 01 to bring the jaws coincident withthe slot 2", in which they cooperate under the force of the spring toclose about the link side bar and hold the sleeve 2' thereon. A sleevek, fastened to the sleeve'i to extend transversely thereof, and thushorizontally, affords a bearing for the pipe-section g of the lamp E,fastened therein by a set-screw k.

My improved construction of lamp-bracket thus comprises threesections-namely,a horizontally-rotatable section carrying the other twosections, a vertically-swinging section, and alongitudinally extensibleand contractible section connected by the vertically-swinging sectionwith the horizontally-rotatable section, and the construction permits,essentially, six adjustments of the lamp E, which render it practicallyuniversally adjustable namely, by swinging the bracket horizontally backand forth on the spindle A, by raising and lowering it on the spindle atthe pivotal rods B, and by extending and contracting the lazy-tongssection D. Moreover, when the lamp is supported, in the manner shown, onthe section D it may, independently of any adjustment of thebracket, beconveniently raised and lowered by gripping the handles 1' to loosen andmove accordingly the sleeve 2', and the lamp may be tilted to anyposition by turning accordingly the pipe g in the sleeve is andfastening it by the set-screw 7c.

WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an adjustable bracket, the combination with the lazy-tongs, of ahead on the outer end thereof having a forward vertical bar portion,said portion being free throughout its length from the lazy-tongs, and aclamping-holder on said vertical bar portion, movable up and downthereon throughout its vertical length, substantially as described.

2. In an adjustable bracket, the combination with the lazy-tongs, of alink-head supwith said rod 0 near its opposite ends and terminating, atits outer end in lugs 7L, a link F having side bars and fastened at oneof its 15 bars to said lugs, and a spring clamp device G adjustablysupported on the other bar of said link, the Whole being constructed andarranged to operate substantially as described.

CHARLES P. GEUDTNER.

In presence of M. S. MACKENZIE, R. T. SPENCER.

